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3,000 Pound Golden Chakra Installed on TOVP Planetarium Dome

By: Madhava Smullen on Aug. 10, 2017

The huge golden chakra was installed on the Planetarium Dome of the TOVP on Augusut 10th, 2017.

On Thursday August 10th, a golden Sudarshan Chakra, weighing 1,400 kilograms (3,086 lbs), was installed on the Planetarium Wing dome of ISKCON’s under-construction Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur, West Bengal.

On the occasion, project chairman and main fundraiser Ambarisa Das (Alfred Brush Ford), along with his wife Svaha Dasi addressed an international audience of devotees through a letter read out by MC Vraja Vilasa Das.

“The initial installation of the chakra for the planetarium dome is a monumental event, capping years of work and support from devotees like you,” he said. “The TOVP team has worked tirelessly for years to raise funds and bring the building to the point you see it at today.

“It has been a little over 10 years since construction started on Srila Prabhupada’s long cherished dream of Sri Mayapur Chandradoya Mandir, Temple of the Vedic Planetarium. The progress has been amazing thanks to the devotees and disciples of Srila Prabhupada from around the world.

“On this day I want to especially express the gratitude of the entire TOVP team to Jayapataka Maharaj, for his stalwart support which has been there from the beginning. Maharaj has organized and enthused his disciples from all around the world to rise up in support of this project, and we are eternally grateful.

“The TOVP is the international home for all devotees of ISKCON, and the principle root of preaching for the next 10,000 years.

“Please, all of you do what you can to support and pray for the Deities to have a new home in Sridham Mayapur.”